Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-01-28
LAWS IN EMBRYO.
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of late has been very eloquent in discussing
bills regulating marriage in che territory.
A VOICE IN THE DARK,

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bills regulating marriags in the territory
a VOICE N THE DARK,
Down with the curse of humanity!"
rang out through the halls of the capitol
late last evening. Look at our orphan
asylumsp [Dense silence as the watchman
and janitors wondered if the building was
haunted.] "Look at our insane asylums!"
lBy this time the watchman was paralyzed
and pinched himself to see if he was all
there. Look at our penitentiaries! p [The
watchman fell back dazed.] "And then
go into the hundreds Of unhappy homes.
where misery and sorrow are depicted in
the faces of the weeping mothers and half
clothed babes!!w The watchman got up
and struck himself with club to see If
he was asleep] .And tell me. ladies and
gentlemen, what you find!n "What do you
plished the terrible work. Whisky! ladies
and gentlemen, the great destroyer! the
wrecker of homes! the dethroner of reason!
the breaker of hearts and the father of
erims: gblsEv,i Aye y ladies and gentlemen
aThe bar is closed. and can't give YOU a
drop!' shouted the watchman, who had
regained consciousness in time to catch
che last word, and Mr.. r ceased his
rehearsal and left his temperance lecture
to its fate this evening. ...
TIE RAvAGEs OF TIME.
To the members of the "new" but departed
combination:
'Truth crushed to earth will rise again."
Quoth the sage of the olden ars,
But when it battles the powers of men,
1t deserves three echoing cheers.
For these are the days when to hold your own
o1-~~, E.
On your breast you must wear these words,
alone:
I'm pretty good liar myself
Mr.. Moore, the venerable old war horse
from Sully county, is as deceptive an old
gentleman as ever sported silvery goatee
or hObbled down the afternoon of life. Un-
til yesterday he had been classed among
the sedate and quiet members whose fires
have been eXtinguished, and whose rOllick-
ing levity has been manned by the arrows
of time. But yesterday afternoon when he
bumped himself to the centre of the aisle,
flourished his arms in the genuine paint
his satirical speech on the honesty of the
farmers, he was set down as the jolliest
old colt that ever whisked tail or tossed
name in the halls of legislature.
Referring the territorial museum to the
committee on Indian affairs yesterday
wasa direct shot at the taxidermist vino
stuffed the "horses" and "cows' on exhibi-
ton and compelled the exhibitors to label
the animals, that the visitors might not
wonder whether they were birds of prey or
relics OF railroad collision. Between ex
amining the museum and watching the
correspondence between Sitting Bull and
John Hobart, Chairman Jones, of the In
dian committee, cannot boast of sinecure.
The great mistake made in referring to
com .nittees the various topics of the gov
ernor's message yesterday was in not re.
ferring the subject of ''ladies as officials"
to the committee on engrossed and enrolled
bills. Not because there is any particular
significance in the name, but because the
handsome and esthetic Mr.. Pruitt is chair
man. Ii there is any man in the present
legislature whose makeup and demeanOr
has won the admiration of the ladies, it is
the shy and fascinating Mr.. Pruitt.